Setting up OBS with Audio Output in Mac OS X

OBS (Open Broadcast Software) is a free streaming software option used for streaming stuff on twitch.tv and a slew of other sites out there.

I'm using SoundFlower for a bunch of different things like recording streaming music, and also for streaming audio playing through my desktop to twitch.tv and other live coding stream sites.

Here is how to setup OBS to stream audio playing on my MacBook pro.  So if you're on a site like livecoding.tv or similar situation where you are streaming and want to share audio you are playing you can.

1) Install SoundFlower which is now on GitHub as a new guy took it over so that's where you can get the installs now
2) Open Audio MIDI Setup on the Mac OS X
3) Add a new aggregate device and select Built-in microphone and Soundflower (2ch)

4) Add a new Multi-Output Device and select Built-in Output and Soundflower (2ch) and change master device to Soundflower (2ch).
(Note: If you don't select Built-in Output then you're not going to hear a thing through your speakers or headphones.)

5) Open OBS and go to Settings and in the Audio section select Soundflower (2ch) as your Desktop Audio Device and set Mic/Auxiliary Audio Device to your Built-in Microphone or if you're using an external mic, select that.

6) Open sound and set the output to Multi-Output Device

Now just start a recording to verify it's working before you start to stream live and the mp4 that's created locally should now be playing whatever audio you were streaming.

Here's a YouTube vid showing it actually does work that I recorded.

Killing Stupid Keychain Prompts in OS X

One of the worst things Apple has done in OS X was to create what's called the Keychain.  The intention is that it's a password manager app integrated inside OS X.  If you can help it do not turn this on when initially installing OS X, choose not to use it.  I believe you might need to use it for mobile development I don't know but at all costs if you don't have to do not use this garbage.

But if you do turn it on, you will eventually at some point come across pains with it.  

Specifically you'll eventually get to a point where you'll change your OS X password or domain password or something like that which will cause keychain to throw fits because KeyChain gets out of sync with your new password and still maintains the old password so it throws up at you every time you log in with prompts like these below, forcing you to still input your old password:

So I was literally having to input my OLD password 5 times every time I came into work and logged into Yosemite.  At a certain point, you go crazy and want to resolve this.  Well it's not that easy unless you find the perfect combination of threads out there that allows you to keep Keychain at peace and I feel I've found that combo.

Here's what I did to resolve this Garbage.  If Steve Jobs was here today, I'd hit him on the head for creating such garbage in OS X.  Otherwise I love OS X.

Change your Keychain Core Password

• Command + space opens up the spotlight search.  Type keychain, and open keychain access

• Go to Edit | "Change Password for Keychain Login" and most likely it's still using your old OS X login password.  Change it to reflect the current password if you recently changed your OS X / domain password

This doesn't resolve the problem yet though.  One would think it should but it doesn't.  Now proceed to the next step.

Delete the Keychain Folder

Per this article, delete your keychain folder.  

• Command + Shift + G to bring up the goto folder/file prompt

• Type in ~/Library/Keychains/

• Delete your keychains folder, yours will be different.  See my screenshot:

• Restart OS X

Then cross your fingers that it stays put and stops bugging you.  So far it's been working for me.

Windows 8 install "GPT partition style" Error and Resolution with OS X Yosemite

You're trying to setup dual boot with Windows 8 on your Macbook Pro.

You've done the following:

• Created a bootable Windows 8 installation USB drive created by the boot camp utility in Yosemite

And after all that, you boot up and assume to select that boot-able USB drive in order to install Windows 8 with it:

But then during the Windows 8 install wizard, you select the partition you expect to be able install Windows 8 on and on the selected partition you've gotten the infamous error "Windows cannot be Installed on this disk. The selected disk is of the GPT partition style".  You try to delete the partition and attempt to recreated it and format it and yet it still doesn't rid this error.  Nothing you do works...and you're about to give up.

You've pulled your hair out a few times and you are now bald.

What do you do?

Boot up using the EFI boot partition first instead:

Once you select the EFI boot drive, it'll kick off your bootable BootCamp created USB Windows install drive and this time the windows 8 install wizard will be fine and you will not see this error when selecting your partition in which to install Windows 8 on.

I am sure I've had this very same pain before in prior Mac OSX or my previous Macbook Pro laptop, but I just did not remember.  So now I'm blogging about it so I do remember next time and so it hopefully reminds others ;).